National Team Rankings – March 2018

How It Works
Taking into account all scores recorded at competitions in the last six months, each nation is given a team total based on how its best-scoring group of five senior gymnasts would do in a hypothetical 3-up, 3-count team final.

Each individual’s best scores may come from any official competition (they need not all be from the same meet), and whichever group of five gymnasts would produce the highest score is the one selected.

Countries that have not shown enough senior routines in the last six months to fill a 3-up, 3-count team on each event are not included.

Rankings will be updated on or around the first of each month, and scores will expire after six months in order to provide the most up-to-date snapshot of where nations are at the current moment. The current rankings include only scores from September 2017–February 2018.

Leaving the rankings this month were Mexico, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, and Thailand, temporarily without enough scores on each event in the last six months to put together a team.

Whaaa? I know. It’s easy to interpret China’s usurpation of the #1 position as simply the product of Chinese Nationals taking place in the last six months while US and Russian nationals didn’t (though China is not exactly known for cracky nationals scores), but don’t underestimate the scoring potential that a team of Chen, Li, Liu, Fan, and [like anyone else] could have. If all healthy at the same time, that’s a very legitimate squad.

2. (2) UNITED STATES – 172.397

Ragan Smith

14.466

14.133

12.900

14.433

Maile O’Keefe

14.550

14.033

14.450

13.600

Jade Carey

15.066

0.000

0.000

14.200

Emma Malabuyo

14.550

13.933

14.333

14.066

Emily Lee

13.500

12.000

14.650

13.200

172.397

44.166

42.099

43.433

42.699

It’s the slim pickins portion of the year for the US because very few of the top US gymnasts have recorded scores in public events in the last six months—other than worlds (not the most charitable judging) and the Japan junior event O’Keefe and Malabuyo attended in September. That’s why you’ll see Emily Lee’s big beam score from an elite qualifier on there…because those are the scores the US has to choose from right now.

3. (1) RUSSIA – 172.199

Elena Eremina

14.033

15.100

13.233

13.600

Angelina Melnikova

14.550

14.966

12.600

13.700

Varvara Zubova

13.167

12.700

14.250

13.600

Angelina Simakova

15.050

14.100

13.300

13.200

Maria Kharenkova

13.167

12.700

15.350

14.200

172.199

43.633

44.166

42.900

41.500

All of those hit beam routines and giant floor scores went away after August’s Russian nationals scores dropped off, accounting for Russia’s fall this month. Though impressively, Russia is still within striking distance of the top two teams even without those comically charitable domestic scores. The gradual fluttering away of the Eremina scores while she’s out with injury may mean more trouble.

4. (4) JAPAN – 170.432

Asuka Teramoto

13.600

13.966

14.200

13.350

Mai Murakami

14.950

13.900

13.800

14.333

Kiko Kuwajima

14.350

12.750

14.500

12.300

Aiko Sugihara

14.200

13.533

14.000

13.833

Hitomi Hatakeda

14.650

14.400

13.800

13.100

170.432

43.950

42.266

42.700

41.516

5. (6) CANADA – 169.084

Brooklyn Moors

14.166

13.200

13.767

14.600

Shallon Olsen

14.450

12.000

12.500

13.667

Rose Woo

13.850

13.667

13.100

13.500

Ana Padurariu

13.500

14.267

14.333

13.734

Ellie Black

14.600

14.400

13.433

13.433

169.084

43.216

42.334

41.533

42.001

The scores from Elite Canada have allowed the Canadians to jump up into 5th place, of particular importance being that huge FX number for Brooklyn Moors, putting Canada’s floor total behind only the Americans.

6. (7) FRANCE – 168.816

M De Jesus Dos Santos

14.550

14.650

13.700

13.550

Lorette Charpy

13.800

14.350

14.000

13.200

Marine Boyer

13.950

13.200

14.250

13.650

Juliette Bossu

13.550

14.166

13.150

13.400

Coline Devillard

14.600

0.000

0.000

0.000

167.532

43.100

43.166

41.950

40.600

A few very high numbers from the February edition of Top 12—particularly the beam 14.000 for Charpy and the 13.650 on floor for Boyer—have allowed France to jump ahead of Brazil as well and position itself not far behind Canada.

7. (5) BRAZIL – 167.800

Rebeca Andrade

15.150

14.450

0.000

0.000

Fabiane Brito

14.350

13.600

14.200

13.400

Thais Fidelis

13.633

13.200

14.000

13.900

Luisa Domingues

12.933

12.650

12.933

13.700

Daniele Hypolito

14.100

0.000

13.750

13.300

167.800

43.600

41.250

41.950

41.000

8. (11) GREAT BRITAIN – 167.116

Amy Tinkler

14.700

13.700

13.200

13.500

Latalia Bevan

13.500

12.700

13.800

13.350

Lucy Stanhope

14.700

12.100

12.850

11.750

Georgia-Mae Fenton

14.050

14.533

13.800

12.250

Claudia Fragapane

14.200

13.650

13.250

13.933

167.116

43.600

41.883

40.850

40.783

The respective championships in the home nations have allowed GB to jump up several spots, using the big beam from Fenton and vault from Stanhope at the English Championship and the strong scores from Bevan at the Welsh Championship to get back into the top 8.

9. (8) ROMANIA – 166.780

Carmen Glavan

13.266

11.666

13.600

12.900

Carmen Ghiciuc

12.066

12.833

13.000

12.166

Larisa Iordache

14.800

14.533

15.566

14.266

Denisa Golgota

14.500

12.433

12.900

13.600

Ioana Crisan

13.666

12.600

13.766

13.050

166.780

42.966

39.966

42.932

40.916

No change for Romania now, but if the Romanians don’t compete in March, they will drop off the rankings entirely with only Jurca, Crisan, and the now-retired Ponor having shown competition routines more recently than last September.

10. (9) GERMANY – 166.583

Leah Griesser

0.000

13.650

13.750

12.800

Tabea Alt

14.500

14.200

13.650

12.933

Pauline Schaefer

14.100

13.000

13.700

13.500

Sarah Voss

14.600

12.100

13.100

13.033

Elisabeth Seitz

13.700

14.900

12.433

13.000

166.583

43.200

42.750

41.100

39.533

11. (10) UKRAINE – 166.208

Diana Varinska

13.800

14.583

13.650

13.250

Anastasiya Belyaeva

13.775

10.100

10.650

13.550

Valeria Osipova

13.900

13.800

14.150

14.150

Angelina Radivilova

0.000

13.300

10.800

12.700

Valeria Iarmolenko

13.300

11.700

13.800

13.750

166.208

41.475

41.683

41.600

41.450

12. (12) ITALY – 162.966

Giada Grisetti

13.650

13.800

12.900

12.550

Martina Basile

13.750

12.600

13.900

13.100

Vanessa Ferrari

0.000

0.000

13.500

13.600

Sydney Saturnino

13.200

13.450

13.750

12.600

Lara Mori

13.500

13.466

13.050

13.500

162.966

40.900

40.716

41.150

40.200

13. (13) BELGIUM – 162.799

Axelle Klinckaert

14.000

12.100

11.950

13.150

Nina Derwael

13.566

15.033

13.300

13.366

Maellyse Brassart

14.100

12.533

12.200

12.333

Rune Hermans

13.333

13.900

13.200

13.200

Senna Deriks

13.900

13.450

10.800

12.650

162.799

42.000

42.383

38.700

39.716

Belgium’s participation at the French Top 12 events this year has allowed for some modest gains in scores here and there, padding the margin ahead of the Netherlands and keeping things quite close with Italy.

14. (14) NETHERLANDS – 161.800

Eythora Thorsdottir

14.300

12.667

13.067

13.033

Sanne Wevers

0.000

13.933

14.100

0.000

Tisha Volleman

14.500

11.900

12.333

13.433

Lieke Wevers

0.000

0.000

13.667

0.000

Vera van Pol

13.500

13.200

12.400

12.400

161.800

42.300

39.800

40.834

38.866

15. (15) SPAIN – 159.965

Laura Bechdeju

0.000

12.750

12.250

12.600

Nora Fernandez

13.600

13.466

12.900

12.450

Ana Perez

14.100

13.733

13.067

13.050

Violeta Sanchez

13.550

12.000

11.200

11.000

Cintia Rodriguez

13.100

13.133

13.600

13.166

159.965

41.250

40.332

39.567

38.816

16. (16) HUNGARY – 158.316

Zsofia Kovacs

14.000

14.100

14.000

12.400

Sara Peter

13.850

12.050

11.550

12.200

Dalia Al-Salty

13.000

12.300

12.800

12.500

Boglarka Devai

14.266

12.500

11.300

12.650

Nora Feher

13.150

13.350

11.900

12.400

158.316

42.116

39.950

38.700

37.550

17. (17) SWITZERLAND – 157.816

Ilaria Kaeslin

13.533

11.933

12.850

12.750

Giulia Steingruber

15.100

13.300

13.200

13.633

Jessica Diacci

13.400

13.050

11.300

11.800

Stefanie Siegenthaler

12.850

12.850

10.400

12.300

Thea Brogli

13.050

11.900

11.850

12.100

157.816

42.033

39.200

37.900

38.683

18. (18) ARGENTINA – 156.824

Ayelen Tarabini

13.000

12.067

12.733

12.925

Augustina Pisos

13.467

12.350

13.050

12.100

Camila Bonzo

13.600

12.567

12.267

12.467

Matina Dominici

14.066

13.300

12.900

13.300

Mayra Vacquie

13.566

11.400

0.000

11.233

156.824

41.232

38.217

38.683

38.692

19. (19) COLOMBIA – 155.799

Melba Avendano

13.000

13.150

10.950

13.000

Dayana Ardila

13.933

11.600

11.650

12.850

Ginna Escobar

13.300

12.750

12.550

13.150

Valentina Pardo

13.466

12.250

12.050

12.300

Marcela Sandoval

0.000

12.300

13.300

0.000

155.799

40.699

38.200

37.900

39.000

20. (20) SOUTH AFRICA – 155.650

Claudia Cummins

13.900

12.750

13.200

12.700

Naveen Daries

13.700

12.700

13.050

12.950

Angela Maguire

13.000

12.300

11.900

12.250

Bianca Mann

0.000

12.300

11.050

0.000

Cathy Eksteen

13.600

11.250

12.550

12.200

155.650

41.200

37.750

38.800

37.900

21. (25) AUSTRALIA – 155.408

Emily Whitehead

14.166

13.150

11.250

12.150

Alexandra Eade

0.000

0.000

11.566

13.500

Talia Folino

13.400

13.200

10.933

10.166

Georgia Godwin

13.600

13.500

12.660

12.900

Kiara Munteanu

0.000

10.533

11.500

12.266

155.408

41.166

39.850

35.726

38.666

Multi-gymnast participation in the Melbourne World Cup has allowed Australia to have a little more choice for its team of five and somewhat heartier numbers across the board, not having to rely on all those 10s from worlds anymore—hence the 4-spot improvement in the rankings.

22. (22) SWEDEN – 154.199

Marcela Torres

13.800

11.650

12.650

13.250

Jessica Castles

12.933

11.666

12.400

13.250

Agnes Akerman

13.150

10.950

12.450

12.050

Jonna Adlerteg

0.000

14.200

0.00

0.000

Sofia Malmgren

12.800

0.000

11.950

12.800

154.199

39.883

37.516

37.500

39.300

23. (23) NORWAY – 153.650

Julie Erichsen

13.200

10.600

11.700

12.550

Martine Skregelid

13.600

12.350

12.550

13.000

Solveig Berg

12.500

9.650

12.750

12.050

Ingrid Hafenbradl

12.550

12.000

12.950

12.500

Thea Nygaard

13.250

12.150

13.000

12.850

153.650

40.050

36.500

38.700

38.400

24. (24) CZECH REPUBLIC – 153.216

Dominika Ponizilova

14.000

11.950

11.750

12.200

Veronika Cenkova

12.700

12.350

12.166

12.400

Kristyna Brabcova

12.500

10.650

12.050

12.600

Lucie Jirikova

13.500

12.200

13.100

12.900

Aneta Holasova

12.800

12.600

12.600

12.400

153.216

40.300

37.150

37.866

37.900

25. (26) EGYPT – 152.666

Farah Hussein

13.500

12.850

13.000

12.750

Farah Salem

12.550

12.350

12.500

12.033

Sherine El Zeiny

13.433

13.533

11.450

12.050

Alia Mostafa

13.050

8.450

10.300

12.200

Hana Bassyouini

12.900

8.850

9.050

11.000

152.666

39.983

38.733

36.950

37.000

26. (32) ICELAND – 150.214

Sigridur Bergthorsdottir

13.433

0.000

9.966

11.400

Agnes Suto-Tuuha

13.300

11.600

11.900

12.800

Margaret Kristinsdottir

0.000

9.500

11.766

0.000

Irina Sazonova

13.566

12.850

11.850

12.733

Thelma Adalsteinsdottir

12.266

11.650

11.600

12.766

150.214

40.299

36.100

35.516

38.299

The annual Reykjavik International Games allowed a whole heap of Icelandic gymnasts to get scores, providing many more options and many more competitive numbers across the apparatuses.